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UNITED 1 STATES -PATENT OFFICE."

EDIVARD TODD, OF MADISON, NEIV JERSEY.

SHOW BOX AND TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentfiNo. 292,875, datedFebruary 5, 1884.

Application filed August 25, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD Tool), of Madison, Morris county, New Jersey,a citizen of the United States, doing business in New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Show Boxes and Trays; and 'I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combined packing-box and show-tray; and itconsists, first, V

in the adaptation and application to a fiat box of a rack-block, D,constructed in a novel manner, whereby the contained articles-such asgold pens with holders or similarly-constructed merchandise-are securelyretained in place while being shipped, or while undergoing the handlingin the store incidental to movement to and from the showcase or thesafe; secondly,-in the adaptation and application to the top of thisrack-block D of a wood-veneer surface, whereupon is printed, painted, orotherwise portrayed the; name or trademark of the maker or makers of thecontained merchandise; thirdly, in the further adaptation andapplication to the top of this rack-block D of a strip of silicate,ground glass, porce lain, orother equivalent substance, and extendingalong the entire length of the block,

whereupon the cost, price, and other marks of each article contained inthe rack-block may be Written with pencil or pen and removed therefromwith facility, when desired fourthly, in the novel method ofconstructing the body of the tray, the 'body of the usuallyvelvet-coveredrest-block, andthe main portion of the rack-block, all ofwood, whereby the rest and rack blocks may be attached to the box byscrews, and thereby become read ily detachable, when necessary.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combined packingbox and tray,

showing in dotted lines the tapered end of a gold pen-holder clutched bythe rack-block. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the boxand tray, showing one form of rackblock in transverse section, andlocated at an extreme end of the box. Fig. 3 is a similar 8. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section of that end of the box or tray in which is locatedthe rackblock D, showing the latter attached to the I end of the box andraised up from the bottom thereof; and Fig. 6 is a transversesection,cut through line m x of Fig. 2, of a portion of the box or tray,showing the rack-block D partly in front elevation and partly insection."

The combined box and tray especially re ferred to in this applicationand shown in the drawings is designed to contain gold pens and holdersexclusively, the body A thereof, constructed of wood, containing at oneend the usual rest-block, 0, covered with velvet or similar softmaterial, and at or near the other end a rack-block, D. It has been thecustom heretofore to fasten these blocks to the box or tray by means ofglue. In order that these blocks may be readily removed and replaced byothers after they have become worn or soiled, I attach them by screws d(Z.

By means of this improvement the body of A card or other top, B, (shownin dotted lines. in Fig. 2,) is used in connection with the woodenbox-body.

Drilled at regular intervals in a horizontal transverse line through therack-block D are holes a a. These holes are made larger in diameter thanthe tapering end of the penholder.

A rubber or other resilient strip, E, is securely seated in a groovesawed longitudinally into the rack-block D, and is provided with holes 66, smaller in diameter than the tapering ends of the pen-holders, andare constructed to register with holes a a in the rackblock D, as shownin Fig. 6. The tapering end of a pen-holder is inserted in one of theholes a in the rack-block D, and is forced through the hole ein therubber strip E. The resilient edges of this hole clutch the penholder,thereby keeping it securely in place.

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In order to further prevent the pen and holder from moving sidewise inthe tray, an additional or supplemental rubber or other resilient strip,E, perforated in the same manner as strip E, but with still smallerholes, 0 e, is seated in a groove out parallel to and behind the groovecut for strip E, the holes 6 6 also registering withholes a and c, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4.

It is obvious that the rack-block D may be attached to the bottom at theend, or near the center of the box, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 or it maybe raised up from contact with the bottom, and be attached to the endpiece or sides of the box without changing the character of myinvention.

Attached to the top. surface of the rackblock D is a woodveneer or otherpolished strip, I), upon which is printed, painted, or otherwiseportrayed the firm name or trade mark, or both, asshown in Fig. 1. Asilicate, ground-glass, porcelain, or other equivalent. strip, 0, isalso let in or otherwise attached to the top. surface of the rack-blockD. Upon this strip is written with pencil or pen the. mark of the goods,such mark being removed with facility, when desirablean improvementheretofore greatly needed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a combined packing-box and showtray,the rack-block D, constructedwith holes.

a, in combination with rubber strip E, pro- Vided with holes 6, as andfor the .purposesv set forth.

V 2. In a combined packingbox and showtray, the. combination of therack-block D, constructed with holes a, the strip E, provided with holes6, and the supplemental strip E, provided with holes a, the holes a, e,and e registering with each other throughout the f length of therack-block, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a combined packing-box and showtray, the rack-block D, constructedwith holes a, and provided with perforated rubber strips E E, ashereinbefore described, in combina tion with the wood-veneer or otherpolished strip 1), as and for the purposes set forth.

4. I11 a combined packing-box and showtray, the rack-block D,constructed substantially as described, in combination with thesilicate, ground-glass, or porcelain strip a, as and for; the purposesset forth.

5. As a new article of manufacture, the

' wooden box and card or other top, in combination with the velvet orother covered wooden rest-block O, the wooden rack-block D, constructedsubstantially as described, and secured in place by the screws (1 (1,whereby the blocks may be readily removed and others substituted, as setforth.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CIHVARD TODD.

Vitnesses:

E. Toni), J12. DAVID NV. HU'ron'INsoN.

